Usage Note
No is placed directly before the verb it negates, with no extra word needed (No como carne = 'I don't eat meat'). In a double-negative construction the second negative word (nadie, nada, nunca) co-occurs naturally (No vino nadie), unlike in standard English. It also functions as a question tag: Es tarde, ¿no?
Examples
"No entiendo nada."
Natural Translation
I don't understand anything.
Literal Translation
Not I-understand anything

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